alt.energy.homepower

Noozer wrote:
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> "Pete C." < @ > wrote in message
> news: @ ...
> > Chris Friesen wrote:
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> >> Pete C. wrote:
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> >> > Doing that will also put the two outlets on opposite poles / phases,
> >> > giving 240V between the upper and lower hot connections. I'm not sure
> >> > how that works with the ratings of the break off tabs on a duplex
> >> > receptacle. At any rate a hinky solution at best.
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> It's called an Edison circuit. It's used all over. There's nothing "hinky"
> about it.

No, it is not called an Edison circuit, though it connects to one.
Feeding separate 120V devices from a three wire feed is called an
"Edison circuit", feeding upper and lower halves of a duplex receptacle
from separate legs / phases is not in the definition of an "Edison
circuit".